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All Clear.

Posted 08:53 CET Sunday February 28th, 2010 (193 days ago). 290 views. No comments. Tagged with Internet, World News.

After watching the live coverage from Hawaii yesterday I think we can safely say that tsunami prediction is not an exact science yet. At some point in time, Mother Earth will fuck us up real good. We’re not capable of predicting any of the things she can throw at us without even breaking a sweat: Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, tornadoes. We can’t even predict the weather correctly twelve hours in advance. That cute weather girl tells you the sun will shine the next day and you wake up to a blizzard. Of course it will all accumulate in December 2012 when everything is supposed to go to hell. I, for one, would really like to experience 2013 and the years to come after that, so I’m leaning towards the Wulfmorgenthaler explanation to the whole Mayan calendar thing. See the comic above. Click to enlarge or find a good magnifying glass.

In terms of technology and the internet, the last 24 hours have been very interesting. After the earthquake in Chile, land line and cell phone networks went black in many areas, while the internet continued working. Because of this, people were able to communicate with the outside world, send pictures, messages and even connect video calls through Skype and other voice over IP services. The same thing happened to some degree after the Haiti earthquake. Continue reading "All Clear." →

The Earth Shaketh.

Posted 10:08 CET Saturday February 27th, 2010 (194 days ago). 243 views. No comments. Tagged with World News.

Just weeks after the devastating Haiti earthquake, Chile has now been hit by an even larger quake. A tsunami warning has been sent out for Chile, Columbia, Peru, the Antarctic, Costa Rica, Panama and Japan. CNN is reporting that a 9 feet (3 meter) wave has been recorded. The epicenter of the earthquake was 117 kilometers from the city of Concepción, Chile’s second largest city with a population of about 200,000. I have not yet seen any news reports about the current situation is Concepción, which is probably a bad sign. From Santiago, 320 kilometers North of Concepción, reports are coming in about shattered windows and massive blackouts, but no structural damage.

To whom it might concern; Anniken and Pernille are currently in Panama, they were supposed to go back to Costa Rica yesterday, but were delayed because of bad weather. They are in the area of Bocas del Toro, in the North-West coastal part of the country – about as far away as you can be from Chile and still be in Panama. Internet connections are sketchy at best in the area, and they can’t receive incoming text messages. They can, however, send text messages.